254: An A*shole & a Psychic Vision

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Brian Eftenoff was a bit of a douche. He was arrogant. Self centered. Controlling. But when he met a young Judi Harding at a bar in Phoenix, he laid on the charm. Judi was smitten. Soon, Brian and Judi moved in together. They got married. They had two children. Judi confided in her friends and family that Brian was abusive. So, when Brian discovered her dead one morning, he became a prime suspect.

Then Brandi tells us about a woman whose psychic vision helped solve a crime. Etta Smith didn’t know Melanie Uribe, but when she heard about the young mother’s disappearance, Etta had an unexpected vision. She saw that Melanie was in a canyon, surrounded by shrubbery. Etta worried that police wouldn’t take her seriously, but she went to the police station anyway. She couldn’t shake the possibility that perhaps Melanie was still alive, and in desperate need of help.

And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
“Til Death Do Us Part,” by Paul Rubin for the Phoenix New Times
“A Deadly Dose” episode of American Justice
“The Final Straw,” by Paul Rubin for the Phoenix New Times
“The Jerk” episode of Reasonable Doubt
“Reasonable Doubt: The Murder Trial,” by David Kohn for CBS News

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
“Suddenly Psychic” episode Psychic Investigators
“Etta Smith Claims a Psychic Vision Showed Her the Location of a Murder Victim’s Body” by Nik Young, medium.com
“Premonition Of Murder” segment Unsolved Mysteries
“Psychics Helping Police Solve Crimes” Larry King Live Transcript, cnn.com
“Three Young Suspects in Custody” upi.com
“Adult Trial for Youth, 17” The Los Angeles Times
“Police sued, false arrest main issue” by Associated Press, Napa Valley Register
“False arrest might be movie material” by Richard Varenchik, Daily News
“Psychic ‘Vision’ Suit Settled” by Jan Klunder, The Los Angeles Times

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